did you like ernie moniz? if he wasn't fabulous would you say that? >> absolutely. he's an action oriented guy smart, comes from a great background, dynamite choice. >> the reason i want to interview you hear is i heard you gave a talk in asp in a couple of years ago in which you talk about carbon and ways to deploy that. you just opened this mississippi plant at margaret mentioned but beyond that you are taking things to china and i'm interested you are one of the big power guy is and you also deploy your energy among the lowest socioeconomic constituencies in the united states. i'm interested in how you get smart energy choices when the economics are not necessarily there. >> there are a lot of issues -- >> you have seven minutes. >> it is so foundational. when i took of the national security i cochair that effort when i think about the challenges in the economy we see right now come a 46% said they got the constituents that i serve, they make less than -- when i think of the challenges in the economy we see right now 46% of families we are privileged to serve mak

domestic and foreign action agenda based on ed and ana's remarks and as a segue to ernie moniz. ition is "strategies for a world in transition." and little did we know what this transition would be when we were putting this together. second edition already in its second printing and it is a book that offers both regional and global perspectives on energy, the environment and technology. and service as a framework for our bimonthly energy series here at the center. in the book we acknowledge the progress made, especially in the domestic front. although a lot more has to be done. and we point out that that has to be done not just here domestically but in developing regional and global policies. and we propose a global energy security system, or what we call gess with five main components. first to propagate the unconventional energy revolution abroad. second to create a global natural gas market. third to forge greater coordination of emergency response measures. fourth, to lead a multilateral effort to end energy poverty. over 1.4 billion people still do not have access to electri

domestic and foreign action agenda based on ed and ana's remarks and as a segue to ernie moniz. in fact moniz joined me and our authors of the book. and there is a sample of the book and even order forms -- that is the oechbtdend of the advertisement -- outside of the auditorium. and it was published by the wilson center press and johns hopkins university press. energy and security. and the sub title of our second edition is "strategies for a world in transition." and little did we know what this transition would be when we were putting this together. second edition already in its second printing and it is a book that offers both regional and global perspectives on energy, the environment and technology. and service as a framework for our bimonthly energy series here at the center. in the book we acknowledge the progress made, especially in the domestic front. although a lot more has to be done. and we point out that that has to be done not just here domestically but in developing regional and global policies. and we propose a global energy security system, or what we call gess

. >> i guess the big question i have is ernie moniz is up here. do you like ernie moniz? >> i think he's fabulous. i think ernie is great. >> is that -- if he wasn't fabulous would you say that? >> absoluteryly. secretary moniz is great. he's an action oriented guy, smart, comes from a great background i think he's a dynamite choice. doing a great job. >> the reason i want to interview you here is i heard you give a talk in aspen a couple of years ago in which you talked about carbon, and you talked about ways to constrain carbon and how to deploy that. you just opened this mississippi plant that margaret just mentioned but beyond that you're taking things to china. >> you bet. and eastern europe. >> i'm interested, you're one of the big power guys. >> right. >> and you also deploy your energy to, among the lowest socioeconomic constituency in the united states. so folks that don't have a lot of money, to have to pay for energy. i'm interested in how you get smart energy choices when the economics are not necessarily there. >> you hit a lot of issues there. >> we have seve

we're thrilled to have secretary moniz here today. erniealso joined us last october for an event on collaborative research target rg the the amazon and he co-authored a chapter of our book energy and security. that book frames this event. we're glad he's becoming such a wilson center regular. pe's back he's back to address the global energy picture for 2015. it is not an easy future to forecast. who could have predicted that oil prices would slide as much as they did in 2014? but the geopolitical implications of that are huge for russia, for iran and for consumers pumping gas here in the united states, and for those extracting fuels here in the united states. suvs are back. used hummers are on the market again. i never thought i'd see the day. and i don't know that anyone saw it coming. but it's where we are. so, where are we going? some pundits want to boil the energy outlook down to one number -- the market price for a barrel of oil. but one number can't begin to capture the complexity behind global energy economies or international energ

moniz this. is 50 minutes. >> we have ambassadors here. we are thrilled to have the secretary here today. ernie joined us last october for an event on collaborative research targeting the amazon, and he co-authored a chapter for bohn of our books, which you have already heard. that book frames this event. we are glad he is becoming such a wilson center regular. he is back to address the global energy picture for 2015. it is not an easy future to forecast. who could have predicted that oil prices would slide as much as they did in 2014? but the geopolitical implications of that are huge for russia for those extracting oil is back. s.u.v.'s are back, and used hummers are back on the market. i don't know that anyone saw it coming, but it is where we are. so where are we going? some pundits want to boil the energy outlook down to one number, the market price for a barrel of oil. but one number can't begin to capture the complementity behind global energy economies and global energy security, some of the things very relevant in the middle east and bubbling up in other capitals like paris the other d